Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02


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likio1ers IL tAs shaAe By ~ ncqnirs.
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adpanosmaus yin Esd NJ heId alreaay
nIlsd hy numbar 81 earnest, preerea
EiEe zuEhEEs. sho aEs uell up IN al ~
l4test discoveries h thsiF ara.
IAough nafpEi1inz a. tAs nrsk thouRht,
fhls b easily aeeunntea for. Seattle hzs
for years been ~ comneruial oon1gr q
the 8onnd eeanlEy and has natarally
A1trneted fhe most enHEgetic a1d ahlE
professional a. we'll a. buaine1H nnn.
Her central ioeatson and hoHpital FASH
ttss have cAassd ~ af4sitatiuo 10 hes
doors Of ths men iniarsd IN Ma saW-
mlllz and To- REna oamps and The serious
caeea Of disezso oou1frinR IN the smaller
towns aboat the Sound. and fhas 81
traesed and furnished : hsld fer an nbss
body Of medical men. Tia Territorial
law prshiniiina he pEaetiee Of Ue3i.
siae By any but regularly graduated
physicians aud guRnaons, after the -
RistEaeion Of their diplomnn wish th9
uonnfy Anditoe, thoaRh not 20 eemprs-
hensiVe - is oaQhi % be, has yot hslpod
- eleFata TIE Standard Of medina; ~.
kainment and seattle Numbers amona
hsr fssnsty graduates from most Of TO
pEomineRt DsdiaAl schools of the
Unltad States, as veil ~ Canada, kaa-
land, Germany and France.
PsFsonal diHsrenasa aud inepmpAii-
bilifies amo1g oome Of Der ieadi1g
p1ysseinns have unfortunately weak
ease the inauancs Of the body ss .
whoie and prevented ~ foil q FsonQui-
ton ~ The general public Of their reel
abilities ~ would othsrwise obtain. bal
taess has recently been some improve
meat In this respect, and as the city De.
vel0ps 0tharwtse 70 Wils doubkiesa out-
eroW this repfoaeh 10 the medical pre-
fsaaion.
Ths almost oompiass freedom from
malaria wkioA prevails uoon the bsF-
ders 81 Puget Soana, removes In In
portant factor Of 6iseass and aida u
promotina the axeepfimnal healtaful
ness Of tue whole region.
Seattle ttsal9 has been remarkably
fEee from contagious and hlsh dis
easss. Even the ordinary epidemies Of
ehildrsn'B diseases have been fev and
far between in her history. OsntFary
70 Q general belief, Ihenmafism Is NOS
especially prevalent. Catarrhal affao-
lions Of she cir passages and bronchitis
are Eerhaps more prevalent than In
some Of the dryer intsri6s portions Of
the country, bat pneumonia 10 noa
nearly 90 frequent Nor fatal e. In tie
region last vest Of the Rocky noun
tafns. Diseases Of the heart seem TO be
habitsnfs OF the S9nnd oountry. Con-
Der Of victims. Tsken ~ . whole, the
health statistics Of seattle compare very
fayofably with those OF any city Of lis
sixs In the United States.
In hospital facilities seattle surpasses
most places Of is sire. For several
years Providence Hospital. under the
charge Of the Bistsrs Of Charity, has
provided large nnmbsF Of rooms end
beds. containing. ii tke present tfnep
over hundFsd Inmates. Work has al
ready begun upon an enlargement Of
the hospital baiidiba. which vii nearly
doable It's capacity. Two able physi.
slams Constitute the regular medical and
surgical staff Of the hospital, bus paying
patients can choose their own medical
attendant.
Grace Hospital has iust been com
pleted, through the exsrtions Of the
Ladies' Guild Of Trinity (Episoopall
Ohurch, and viii soon be IN suocesEfai
operation.